To know if you truly understand something, you should see if you are able to explain it yourself to someone else. We teachers are developing our own understanding of our field by teaching this class; now it's your turn. Kinship is often considered to be a technical speciality. One prominent anthropologist once called it “bastard algebra” (Malinowski 1930, 19). But anthropologists consider the study of kinship as a system to be revelatory and profound. In this assignment, we want you to create a lesson plan on kinship for an HSC (Higher School Certificate) class in high school that has never been offered before. How would you get a bunch of HSC students excited about kinship, and more importantly get them to understand why the anthropological inquiry into kinship matters to understanding what it means to be a human being. You should identify the main idea from our module that you think is the most significant and has the most to say about human life and human diversity. What do you want students to know and remember from your lesson, and why? How will you explicate this idea to them, and how will you get them to see why it is important? We will provide more guidance on how to prepare for this assignment in Module 3 on Canvas, including a choice of possible areas of focus, and specific required elements of your lesson.

Malinowski, Bronislaw. “17. Kinship.” Man 30 (1930): 19–29. https://doi.org/10.2307/2789869.